If you build it, will they come? That had to be the worry of EAA officials, who invested more than $4 million over the last year on site improvements to the AirVenture grounds at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Would aviation enthusiasts return this year to aviation’s biggest show? Or would the continuing bad news […]
Opinion
[Idaho] Valley should have two airports
A well-written opinion by David Dingman in Friday’s Idaho Mountain Express and Guide. In response to the reported closure of Friedman Memorial Airport for safety reasons, Mr. Dingman suggests keeping Friedman open for the 98% of traffic than can operate safely from the airport, rather than close it because of the 2% that have issues […]
NPR hatchet job
The National Public Radio show All Things Considered discussed uncontrolled airspace following the Hudson River midair from last weekend. (Read transcript or listen to FAA: Midair Collision Mirrors Other Near-Misses from Monday, August 10). Author Frank James wrote on “the two-way blog“ to follow up the radio interview. To say it was less-than-stellar is an […]
New York Post: Why the FAA fails
Robert Poole Jr., writes an interesting story in the New York Post (August 11) on why the FAA fails (as it relates to the Hudson River midair). Better yet, he TRIES to explain why the FAA fails. From the story: Everyone recognizes that airspace above and around major airports must be controlled, but GA groups […]
The road to the hangar leads to possibilities
SHORT FINAL by DEBORAH McFARLAND I left three loads of laundry on the kitchen table, ready to be folded and put away. Grass needed cutting; tomatoes needed canning. The dog begged to go, but for him, a ride in the truck would have to wait until another day. Like me, my green Dodge Ram has […]
Quilt to benefit Henley
At the 2009 Cecil Field (Florida) Airshow, a quilt was displayed as an auction item to benefit the Alan Henley Foundation. The quilt was made from donated airshow T-shirts of past and present airshow stars and events. It was auctioned at the Cecil Field airshow for a bid of $5,000. It all turned out so […]
The importance of GA to Arkansas
General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and two of its member companies held a forum Aug. 12 at the Little Rock Airport in Arkansas to stress the importance of general aviation to employment in the state. Arkansas’ two senators, along with GAMA President Pete Bunce and representatives of Dassault Falcon and Hawker Beechcraft, brought together more […]
Capital Comments: Bizjets for Congress?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Summer in Washington usually is a time for visitors to take over the city to see the monuments, archives, and famous places, while the federal government slows down with legislators away and government offices shuffling along with vacation-depleted staffs and less urgency to projects. That often means a scarcity of news affecting […]
FAA reauthorization after summer vacation?
Congress will have a full plate when members return from their summer vacations. Reauthorization of the FAA will be there, but probably way down the list for discussion or rushed through to leave time for health care, stimulus, and other issues that loom as potential hot issues. The present temporary extension expires Sept. 30, the […]